of their son. we re going to talk to evan gershkovich s freshman year college roommate in just a few minutes. we ll talk about the person he calls a, quote, exceptional friend and journalist. plus, we have breaking news to share. the man accused of shooting and killing 23 people at an el paso, texas, walmart in 2019 has just been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences on federal charges and that is just his first round of sentencing. we re going to have the very latest for you any moment when we get our nbc news reporter who s there on site for us. we begin this hour at the site where republican primary race begins, that being iowa. right now former president donald trump is hitting the campaign trail in council bluffs as he continues to campaign and fund-raise. the republican leader writing in a lengthy statement last night that the doj is going after him and claiming that special counsel jack smith, quote, purposefully omitted the presidential records act. are quote,
or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge as you. emerge tremfyant®. ask you doctor about tremfya®. toe to share on sunday s mass shooting in baltimore. police this morning arrested a 17-year-old male in connection to the shooting that killed two and injured at least 28 others. he faces three gun charges as well as a fourth charge of reckless endangerment. police are saying that three victims are still in the hospital right now, and the investigation is not over. we ll stay up to date on that. we also have breaking news to share about the job numbers that came out today for the month of june. the u.s. added 209,000 of them last month bringing the unemployment rate down just slightly, just 0.1% to 3.6%. it is, though, the 30th month in a row of gains, but the numbers
30th month now. more than 100,000 people killed since it began and now a brand new report reveals in recent weeks, bus loads of militia men from iraq and syria and other nags arrived at an iranian military base just miles outside tehran to train with these men, the iranian revolutionary guard. their mission, to fortify the al-assad regime against attacks from rebel groups backed by the united states and israel. syria and iran have always been allies. it wasn t as big in the beginning but apparent it will has certainly picked up the last year and that aid from iran is helping al-assad stay in power. we have the vice president of the american foreign policy council. nice to have you back on the program. great to be here. jenna: we re also hearing at the same time there may be some new efforts to negotiate with iran about their nuclear program.
also from but here s the problem with you guys analysis, though. it is true that there s a wealth effect in terms of higher stock market values. the housing market hasn t done much at all, but the bigger problem is when you look at the wage issue, steve. and that s where i think obama has a steep climb. wages are down 4,000 for the average family. those are the people mr. moore, you re piling on. here s president obama speaking about the jobs numbers in new hampshire. he argued there s more work to be done, of course. let s listen to his reaction and then we ll get back to you, steve. today, we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, business once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row. a total of more than 4.6 million jobs. but that s not good enough. we know it s not good enough. we need to create more jobs faster. we need to fill the hole left by this recession faster.
roaring back? sure, well, the president s jobs plan is just not cutting it, and you know, we know when we dig beneath the surface, the situation is much worse than the headline data suggests. we know that the underemployment rate, a comprehensive data level is 15 mers in this country and know that the labor participation rate, a reflection of whether people are actually looking for jobs is at its lowest level since the early 1980 s, their wages are barely keeping pace with inflation. how are we going to get better, larry. it s only a half hour show. how we re going to make it better by getting the unskilled workers skills for. that s how we re going to make it better. brenda: this is the 30th month of job growth and and we re better off, for